SHARJAH: A record opening stand between Shane Watson and Sharjeel Khan helped Islamabad United achieve a rather tough target of 167 in an easy manner against Lahore Qalandars in the ninth Twenty20 match of the Pakistan Super League here on Wednesday.
Stand-in captain Watson and his partner Sharjeel made 153 together for the opening wicket partnership, a PSL record for any wicket.
Watson scored 79 off just 47 balls with seven sixes and four boundaries while Sharjeel remained not out on 73, facing 42 balls and hitting six sixes and five fours, leading Islamabad United to 8-wicket win.
Earlier,Lahore Qalandars set what looked like a tough target of 167.
Rizwan was the star performer for Qalandars. He scored 50 not out off 27 balls with the help of three sixes and five boundaries.